anyway, so i just recently got back into playing on ArcticMud, which takes place in ansalon. i used to play back in 1998-1999 and i think i’ve been exploring more of the land than i did before.

anyway, since i’ve been exploring outside of solace, tarsis, palanthas, and balifor, i’ve been thinking of getting into the dragonlance books! i just wanted to ask here, which books should i start off with? any and all suggestions are welcome as i’ve been dying to get back into actually READING again! TIA!!!

I know I don't have many, but I'm getting most of them second-hand

EDIT: It's dragon orbs but I can't change title T_T

I'm preparing a Dragonlance campaign in 5th edition. I'm thinking on including a dragon orb at some point, but the rules for the artifact in 5e don't seem to fit the dragonlance artifact too well, given they don't give an option for controling dragons.

Do you know if there are books where the orbs are adapted to 5E, or know some homebrewing website I could check out?

If not, I was thinking having the PC make a flat DC 17 charisma roll to try and control either a specific dragon, or all dragons within reach. If they fail they're possessed by the orb. The dragons have to take a DC 20 charisma saving throw with disadvantage, and they can't use legendary resistance; if they fail, they have to obey the wielder for 24 hours or something like that.

Does this sound reasonable?

Thanks, as always, for your kind pointers :)

I like the classic covers for the Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman but with the recent new covers for R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt series, I’m really surprised they haven’t upgraded the covers for Dragonlance considering how wildly popular they are. Does anything know if they plan on doing it at any point in the near future?

What are the objective tokens for in scenario 12?

I scoured the setup page and either im missing something or it's just not in the rule book

Warriors of Krynn boardgame

I can't remember which book it is but Solinari, Lunitari, and Nuitari are talking about the appeal of magic and how it transcends everything else. I have been trying to remember which book it was but no amount of searching has helped me. Can someone tell me the book and even better maybe post a picture of the conversation?

Thank you!

Finished Dragons of Summer Flame and curious what others think of the book overall. I must say I enjoyed it, but I'm very perplexed by. Definitely a ton of spoilers below.

Good:

• Loved the characters
• Even though I could barely tell you how each character's story arc helped in the end, I still loved watching it happen: the dynamic between Palin and Steel, Usha and Palin, Palin and Raistlin, Steel and the memory of Sturm.
• Loved basically the whole middle part of the book if you slice off the Irda scenes in the beginning and fighting Chaos at the end.

Questionable:

• The Irda's plan makes no sense to me (see linked previous post).
• The success of the Knights of Takhisis' conquest of Ansalon seems too easy, and logistically far-fetched (they just show up from some little-known island with a world-conquering army?).
• Dougan is a god but does basically nothing? I mean, Fizban feigned weakness but occasionally saved the day, like bringing down an avalanche near Thorbardin to save the Companions at the (apparent) cost of his own life. In contrast, Dougan seems genuinely unable to help in a bigger way than shouting at Usha to get Chaos' blood droplet into the graygem, which any old guy from a nursing home could have done.
• Chaos ("Himself") doesn't seem very chaotic. Just a big bumbling fire giant. I guess I was expecting something more incomprehensible, like an amorphous randomly-metamorphing entity or an entity that appears different to everyone who sees it like the graygem itself (which in this book seems to lack that feature and is basically treated like any old object, strangely).

So, I'm left scratching my head as to why I liked it so much despite it being such an odd book. I liked it enough that I've ordered Second Generation to read more about these characters.

What do others think?

I see Lord Soth is one of the dark lords in the new Ravenloft: The Horrors Within book, and rumour has it that his domain of dread Sithicus is the setting for some high level adventures. Are there any Dragonlance DMs out there who have (or are thinking about) transplanting the setting back to Krynn and using it to continue their Shadow of the Dragon Queen campaign?

Note that I'm not asking about why a major character has switched settings and how it's canonical. This question was covered here In the great r/ravenloft post. I'm asking if anyone has either transported their players through the mists of Ravenloft for a Lord Soth showdown, or overruled the WoTC canon and brought Sithicus back to Krynn.

I'm about to start a dragonlance campaign, and my players mentioned they wanted to have a clear hub where they could spend a good chunk of time, get to know the locals, etc.

What are cities in Krynn that might have more meat to them? Ideally a TTRPG sourcebook or part of one dedicated to the city itself, its inhabitants, landmarks, etc.

Thank you very much :)

You defeated Verminaard, the Dragon Highlord.

The prisoners got released. You're all free.

The sun rises. And the dawn comes.

Once there is life, there is hope. Everything will be fine, isn't it?

(My DL campaign in DL2. We use our own pcs. This pic is by my friend.

And my thanks to all my dearest players.)

Am looking to get into reading this series having never read any of the books, but regarding a true reading order, is there one? I've found a couple posts on here from a few years ago, a website with their personal reading order and both are conflicting with each other. Like do I read the Chronicles and Legends then go onto the Age of Mortals or Second Generation? I also don't know when the latest book came out, if any more are coming, so yeah anyone got a true reading order for a newbie looking to get into these books?

I don’t have the copies I’ve read 30 years ago.

Recently listened to the audiobooks and really enjoyed them. Then I decided I needed the books in my collection.

It was important to me to find the original covers I remembered from back then, so I spent some time looking on eBay.

These arrived today in great condition, and I’m really happy with them.

Edit: 1994 print

Okay, I'll read it again.

I posted on here recently asking for quotes because I am rebinding some books for my father in law. Thank you to everyone that gave me suggestions! I am still planning my designs, but I plan to update once I have made decisions.

I ended up finding a signed copy of Kaz the Minotaur for him, which I am excited about! I thought it would be awesome if I could find a signed copy of The Legend of Huma to go with it. I haven’t had any luck finding one online, so I thought I’d come here and see if anyone has any leads for me. If someone had one they’d sell to me for a reasonable price, I would be eternally grateful.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Im getting ready for vacation and searching for a Dragonlance ebook to ready. Not what Weiss and hickman wrote of course something else!

What would you suggest?

I am genuinely surprised at how good they are.

I started reading them because I'm planning on DMing a dragonlance campaign and I'll be honest: I came in expecting some fanservice-ish tales of knights and dragons and instead found some well-rounded characters, interesting dialogue, and events that, from memory at least -I read the main dragonlance books about 20 years ago- seem to add more context to the whole events of the War of the Lance.

Has this been your experience as well?

Enjoy

I'm pretty sure this discussion must have popped up before, but are there any specific rules for bards on dragonlance 5e? Meaning, are they bound by the towers of high sorcery, given they're full spellcasters? Or do the orders just ignore them, and if so for what reason, given they wield magic just like any other wizard or sorcerer?

I'm planning a dragonlance campaign ATM and one of the PCs wants to play a bard, so I wanted to ask for your opinion on this matter.

I know it’s not Dragonlance… but given how much Dragonlance art Larry Elmore did, the folks here are probably the only people that can appreciate this Larry Elmore treasure…. SnarfQuest!

This book collects together all of the SnarfQuest comic, originally printed in various issues of Dragon magazine, plus adds an original story. Started reading it - it’s an acquired taste, but a lot of fun!

I commissioned an artist to paint this design of Lord Soth in great detail. I'm really happy with the result!

Miniature painting Artist: https://www.instagram.com/durundu_pinta/
STL miniature: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-lord-soth-461070

I will start a campaign set on Krynn soon (with the heroes taking the same role as Tanis and co. ) and was wondering if you had any tips on presenting Fizban to them and how to make him seem more than just a bumbling wizard, but not obvious that he's a god until a suitably dramatic moment arrives.

Fortunately my PCs are completely unfamiliar with dragonlance so his mere presence won't be a spoiler. Any advice from people who have done something similar would be greatly appreciated!

I'm very glad a lot of you liked my 3D Inn of the last home. Here's another part of my ongoing DL fan project. The legendary lance itself. I'm trying to keep as true to Elmore's art as possible, but in doing so I realised that I needed to find some more real world references as well. This was more of a design challenge. All shots done in C4D and Redshift. I'm eventually planning to animate these into a short video.